Issue 18 / January 2021 Clic-it Cymru Clic-itNews from and the World Cymru News from Wales and the World

Authors: Haf Llewelyn, Mali Williams Editor: Karen MacIntyre Huws VACCINE BREXIT At 11pm on December 31st, 2020, the UK officially FOR ALL? separated from the EU (European Union). This means At the start of another new year, some old worries that the UK stopped following EU rules and have unfortunately persist. Although Covid is still causing agreed new arrangements for travel, trade, immigration illness and worry, there is also a great deal to make us and security. look forward to a better spring. The new Covid vaccines This follows many months of discussions between the are now available, and a vaccination programme has UK and the EU to try and decide on terms and started across Wales. With the virus particularly arrangements for leaving. It was only on Christmas Eve dangerous for older people, they are the first to be 2020 that the final trade deal was reached, and MPs AROUND THE offered the vaccine. voted in its favour. WORLD A new article for Prime Minister Boris Johnson described it as an Clic-it Cymru! ‘amazing moment’, however Mark Drakeford, Wales’ First Minister, described the deal as ‘poor’ but that it was better than “no deal at all”. PAGE 2 FUTURE STARS OF MASTERMIND

Who else will be vaccinated? It is hoped that most of the Welsh population will have OUR GREEN been vaccinated in the following months, but some PLANET people are more at risk from the virus, and will be The state of prioritised. The first to be vaccinated are: mammals in Wales • The elderly in care homes, and their carers. • Everyone aged 80+, and health and social care Over the festive season saw the return of the famous workers. quiz show Mastermind with 15 of Wales's brightest PAGE 4 • Everyone 75+ children sitting in the famous black chair and competing • Everyone 70+ and people with underlying health for the title of Mastermind Plant Cymru. problems. The quizmaster was Betsan Powys - “It was an • Everyone over 65. eye-opener – the children were so informed, so Young people and children under 16 will not be enthusiastic and so fearless. Nerves of steel!” said the offered the vaccine just yet, it is important to broadcaster and journalist. remember that the virus does not usually Congratulations to them all and especially Oli, Rhys and cause serious illness in the young. Madeleine, the three champions. CORONAVIRUS Unfortunately, the situation with the new strain of the virus has prompted UNSUNG Education Minister Kirsty Williams to announce that schools in Wales will HEROES remain closed until at least the 29th of January. This is because this new The story of two type of coronavirus spreads even faster than the old type, causing the Welsh heroes numbers of cases in Wales to remain high. The new strain does not make people any more ill and still doesn’t seriously effect children, however the government are saying that everyone must stay at home to keep safe.

NEWS FLASH PAGE 7 DATES FOR THE DIARY JANUARY 2021 Januray Martin Luther King FEBRUARY 18 Day USA Veganuary Martin Luther King was shot dead February Children’s Mental Health in 1967, he was famous for Begun in 2014, Veganuary is a charity 1-7 Week encouraging people to eat a vegan diet during campaigning for black people’s Children’s Mental Health was January, for health reasons and for the health civil rights. discussed in Issue 12. of the planet. There’s more information about being vegan in Issue10.

February Dydd Miwsig Cymru 5 ( Music Day) https://bit.ly/3mak5BP Januray Big Schools Birdwatch 6-21 Join between 6th January and 21st February. Visit the RSPB website for Januray Saint Dwynwen Day more information 25 Read a story about the island of https://bit.ly/2K3X5XO Llanddwyn in Issue12.

February Shrove Tuesday 16 For more information read Issue 7.

February April Lent 17 - 3 For more information read Issue 7. 2021 AROUND February THE WORLD CHINESE 12 Over NEW YEAR 1,000,000,000+ [one billion] There are 12 animals in It has been the Chinese Zodiac and celebrated people celebrate every year. 2021 is the year of the Ox. for over Previous Years of the Ox: 1937,1949,1961,1973, 4,000 A year lasts 1985,1997,2009,2021. years 12 months 353, 354 or 355 Ther are 60 3,000,000,000 days WHERE? years in one cycle of [3 billion] CHINA the Chinese calendar journeys (12 animals are A leap year lasts repeated 5 times) During Spring Festival celebrations 13 months 12 x 5 = 60 (between 28th January and 7th March in 2021), over 3,000,000,000 383, 384 Beginning (three billion) journeys are made or 385 of current within China, with people visiting days cycle 1984 friends and family. Chinese Calendar:

2 *Baking tin FLAPJACKS Clic-it Cymru has used a round This easy recipe uses oats, an ingredient that is good for our health. silicone tin but you can use a square Go for it Oats give you long lasting energy; they’re full of fibre, vitamins and /metal tin. If you’re not using Go for it minerals and they help balance blood sugar. Plain flapjacks are really silicone you may need to line it with tasty, but you can add other things if you want. baking paper to stop it sticking.

You will need: 1 2 3 • 75g butter • Between 50g and 75g of brown sugar • 180g of porridge oats • About 2 tbsp of golden syrup • Handful of nuts/seeds/dried fruit (optional) • Chocolate to decorate (optional) • Bowl and spoon* • Baking tin Preheat the oven to about 180° You need to melt the butter. You Mix the sugar and the melted (medium heat). Grease the tin to can use a microwave or in a butter, add the syrup and mix stop the flapjacks sticking. saucepan on a gentle heat. well. 4 5 6

Add the oats a bit at a time and mix well. You can add a handful of nuts/seeds/dried fruit here too Put it in the oven for about 20 if you want. Pour the mixture into a tin and minutes until it’s a golden brown press down with a spoon. colour. Take care! 7 Let it cool for a bit and then if You need an you want you can drizzle adult to keep an some melted chocolate over eye on you when it. Cut into pieces and enjoy! cooking! Sudoku Tower building Can you solve this Sudoku puzzle? You have 4 cubes. 1. The red cube is below the green. 2. The blue cube is above the yellow. 3. The yellow cube is above the green.

How to solve a Sudoku puzzle. Which cube is at the top of the tower? BRAIN TWISTER You can have one of each shape in each row, in each column and in each cluster of 6. Answers on page 8

3 OUR GREEN ENDANGERED SPECIES IN WALES: Species CRITICALLY PLANET • Pine Marten ENDANGERED 1 Species • Red squirrel, ENDANGERED • Water vole, THE STATE OF MAMMALS IN WALES 3 • Bachstein’s bat This is a brand-new column in Clic-it Cymru, where we will be discussing environmental issues, in Wales and Species • Otter, • Nathusius’ beyond. • Harvest mouse, pipistrelle bat, VULNERABLE • Hedgehog, • Serotine bat, In November 2020, the Mammal Society and Natural Resources 7 • Hazel dormouse,• Barbastelle bat Wales published a report on the state of mammals in Wales. The report draws attention to the fact that many of our most popular and Species • Lesser horseshoe bat recognisable animals are declining in numbers, and some are in DOING • Polecat danger of disappearing altogether. WELL 3 • Field vole To see the full report, click this link: https://bit.ly/2Ke7obH There are Hedgehogs species of mammal [ma•mmal] Some experts believe that terrestrial hedgehog numbers have mammals in declined up to 61% since 1995. 49 an animal that breathes air, Wales, The hedgehog is not on the list has a backbone, and grows of endangered animals because of them native hair or fur at some point in they are not endangered throughout the world. species (living its life. Female mammals produce milk to feed their Follow the link for tips on naturally in how to make your garden 40 young and they usually give Wales). hedgehog friendly: birth to live young. https://bit.ly/3gDNHWU

Literature Craft Television ININ THETHE Music Art LIMELIGHTLIMELIGHT Poetry Here is a taste of Efa’s work, but for more information visit EFA LOIS her website: https://efalois.cymru/ Clic-it Cymru likes to put artists working in Wales under the spotlight from time to time. In this issue we are shining a light on EFA LOIS: Efa Lois is an illustrator who is originally from . The themes in her work are often ©Efa Lois & Cadw ©Efa Lois & Cadw ©Efa Lois & Cadw flowers, 1970’s styles and Follow these links to mythology; women also play an find out about other important role in her work. Her artists: images are imaginative, positive Dime-one (Andy Birch) and striking. Issue 2 Her work has been featured in John Meirion Morris ‘Welsh Women Making History’ by CADW and on the covers of Issue 4 books and albums. In her spare time Efa runs and illustrates ‘Prosiect Luned Rhys Parri Drudwen’, a blog documenting the forgotten women of Welsh Issue 6 history. Sydney Curnow Vosper ©Efa Lois Issue 11

4 trees, Mali and Gran would creep SERIES STORY quietly and watch the badgers jostle and roll in the leaves. However not everyone saw the JUST A woods as a magical place, to some it was just a dump, a dark, DUMP creepy place. On the edge of the Coed y Llys a CHAPTER 1/3 derelict house stood, it had once Mali stood on the steps between been a small mansion but now Gran's house and the woods. It much of the roof was missing was her favourite place, Coed y and the broken windows just sparkling juice. know how she felt - she didn't Llys was magical, especially at empty eyes. Mali had jumped 'But remember not all plant are want to see the trees dusk when the woodland one evening when a pale shape safe to eat - don't eat anything disappearing, but it had made a creatures ventured out of their swooped out of one of the from the forest unless you have difference. Before the new hiding place. Mali and Gran's upstairs windows. Each time Mali asked someone who knows.' supermarket, her parents had to favourite creature was the and her cousin Jo came to stay she would warn the cousins. travel miles to make their weekly badger, a family had their sett at Gran's they would go over to 'Nature is kind to us,' she would shop. there, and once the sun had the old house to watch the barn say, before adding, 'but we don't However, most people agreed dipped behind the tops of the owl as she hunted, flying low always treat nature with respect.' they did not want to see any over the hedges, her talons Gran was saddened when more trees disappearing. Coed y ready, before returning silently people left litter in the woods - Llys had to be protected, it was through her private window. once an old bed and a roll of after all a magical place - a quiet Gran would take Jo and Mali carpet had been dumped haven for nature to thrive. along the woodland paths, and underneath the hedges. Trees But one beautiful evening, the they would try and remember had been cleared for house sun dipping behind the oak the names of the trees and birds. building, and last year a large branches, and the barn owl out Gran knew the names of the area of the wood had been felled on her nightly hunt, a shiny black plants and she could create tasty to make way for a new car slid along the track towards meals from surprising supermarket. Gran would shake the old mansion, and in it were ingredients foraged from the her head sadly, but many of the two serious looking, dark suited forest floor, berries for jam, and town's residents welcomed the men. elderflowers turned into new supermarket. Mali didn't

Discussion Point

What's I think we should have I think there are already Fact: more laws in Wales to sufficient laws to The Welsh your protect our forests and protect trees in Wales. Government intend to opinion? hedges. Tree cutting and Wood felling is build 6 new train For various reasons, hedge clearing is a huge essential so that roads stations between and Newport woods and forests are problem for several reasons: can be built. in order to relieve the disappearing • Habitats are destroyed, which results in • A large number of houses in Wales are traffic situation on throughout the world. the disappearance of animal and plant life. below the suitable standards. More the M4. In our story - Just a • When small mammals disappear, there land must be available for building Dump, Gran and Mali is a knock-on effect, birds of prey e.g., barn better homes. Fact: are worried that their owls find it difficult to get enough to eat, • People who need social housing have Research special place is being and become an endangered species. to wait for far too long for a suitable carried out by the ruined because of • Trees are precious because they purify the house. suggests that tree felling. But do we air, and produce oxygen. This helps slow • Many of the roads in Wales are too as many as 14,000 need to be concerned down climate change. busy, especially the M4 near Newport, new houses must be about our • Visiting natural spaces such as woodland new roads are needed. built over the next 15 disappearing forests? is good for our health - promoting mental • Without the building of new roads, years to alleviate the Why? Here are two wellbeing. industry cannot survive in Wales and shortage of suitable opinions. What do we really need new jobs. housing in Wales. you think?

5 Stars UNDER THE Many of the constellations we can see have names which our ancestors have given them because of the shapes we see from MICROSCOPE Earth. Here are a few to look out for this winter:

STARGAZING On a clear winter night many people will head out for places where they can enjoy a stargazing experience. The best places for dark skies are away from cities and towns, as artificial lights make it difficult to see stars. In Wales the best places Orion, for dark skies are: the Hunter. The Plough Brecon Beacons Dark Sky Reserve, Looking towards the northern sky, you will find The Plough Elan Valley Dark Sky Park. above the horizon, and it looks a little like a saucepan! Many sites around Snowdonia, Visit https://bit.ly/3nwM93U for more information on the including Llyn Geirionydd, constellations and what to look out for. Llanrhychwyn, Llyn y Dywarchen, Rhyd Ddu, Llynnoedd Cregennen, The Moon is always worth studying, as Arthog, Dolgellau. the changing angle of the light from the Sun give us the changing phases. Also What to look out for: look out for supermoons when the moon Meteor Showers The Moon will be at its closest point to earth in its Look out for meteor showers as they appear at various times of the monthly orbit. The next supermoon will year. They are fragments left behind by comets racing through our be on 27th April. solar system, and appear as shooting stars whizzing across the sky. Fact: Can we see any planets? Shooting stars are not stars, they are pieces of Yes, we can see most of the planets in rock that move so fast they heat up and glow - our solar system, especially Jupiter, appearing as a star shooting across the sky. Saturn, Mercury and Venus. Because Jupiter is the biggest of our planets, it The Milky Way can be seen well without a telescope Best to look out for in Autumn, and it has 79 moons. the Milky Way can be seen without a telescope, and is described as a wave of smoke Satellites Man-made satellites orbit the earth, and will with dark ribbons running often appear very bright. Look out for the through it. The Milky Way is a largest satellite - the International Space Station, galaxy, and is made up of which orbits the Earth in about 90 minutes. about 100 billion stars.

made in Llantrisant, and they Nigel Davies also produce all sorts of military medals. You can visit the mint to TREASURES see coins being produced and to strike your own coin. There is OF WALES also an interesting exhibition and museum looking at the history of THE ROYAL MINT, money. LLANTRISANT Every coin produced in the UK is decimal coins that were to be made in the mint in Llantrisant. launched in 1971, as the UK They also produce coins for 60 changed to decimal currency. other countries there, including Before the site in Llantrisant was Jamaica and New Zealand. 900 opened, all UK coins were made people work there, and they in ; in the Tower of produce over 5 billion coins a London from 1279 to 1809 and year! then in Tower Hill from 1810 to JessieThe Royal Donaldson Mint, Llantrisant. The site in Llantrisant was 1968. Visit their website for more opened in 1968, as a bigger site The medals for the 2012 London information and activities. was needed to produce the new Olympics and Paralympics were https://www.royalmint.com/kids/

6 WHAT? TIMETIME U N S U N G TRAVELLINGTRAVELLING H E R O E S UNSUNG HEROES Ian West When we think of OWAIN BOUDICCA, ANEIRIN our Welsh heroes, THE we all have our GLYNDŴR, BEVAN, PRINCE OF CELTIC THE FOUNDER favourites. Who is WALES. QUEEN. OF OUR yours? NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE.

Many others have accomplished so much and have made a huge difference to many lives. Here are two of our unsung heroes: ROBERT 5 years old, worked in the JESSIE places such as Canada where factories. Many children were slavery was against the law. OWEN, employed there, working for as DONALDSON, Where was this? NEWTOWN. long as 13 hours a day. He . The safe houses were along the 1771 - 1858 decided that change was needed 1799 - 1889 Ohio river, Jessie helped those Famous for: and he set up an infant’s school Who was Jessie Donaldson? that fled across the river. It was Robert Owen was an industrialist; and creche to care for the Born in Bristol in 1799, she very risky for everyone, if she was he was the owner of textile workers' children. He also made moved to Swansea as a teacher. caught, then she would face a factories and mills. However, he sure the working conditions were She is remembered today as a hefty fine and a prison sentence. differed from many of the other safe, setting up health facilities in campaigner against slavery in One of the original houses - mill masters as he cared for the the mills, and establishing America. Penmaen, still stands today. © JHW/Hillary Edmiston family collection wellbeing of the workers, treating evening classes so that everyone A happy ending? them with respect and care. had a chance to be educated. Following the end of the Civil Why should we remember War in America, Abraham him? Lincoln became president, and a The industrial period was a law prohibiting slavery was Robert Owen difficult time for the ordinary passed. Jessie and her husband Early life: worker, with the factory masters came back to Swansea in 1866. Robert Owen had 7 siblings and treating the work-force badly. his parents kept a shop in Robert Owen was different. He Fantastic Newtown, Powys. At 10 years of dreamed of safer and fairer age, he went to work in a textile conditions for the workers, a life Fact: The safe houses factory, and by the time he was 19 where poverty was stamped out. would hang colourful he had started his own business. He was also a leading Jessie Donaldson quilts on their fences He married Caroline Dale, the campaigner for the setting up of What did she do? or windows. These daughter of David Dale who was co-operatives, where everyone quilts often had In 1854 Jessie and her husband the owner of many textile mills had a fair share of the profit. symbols which were travelled to Ohio, America. There and factories in New Lanark, codes, giving the they founded three safe houses, Scotland. Robert Owen bought people who were where people escaping slavery the factories from his father-in-law fleeing advice. A could hide. Once in the safe symbol of a log and became a mill master himself. house, Jessie would find cabin meant that the What came next? somewhere for them to go to particular house was Robert Owen realised that where they could live freely, safe. children, sometimes as young as Victorian children working in factories.

PREVIOUS ARTICLES AND DATES (Issues 1-6 Welsh only) 500: Saint David (Issue 1) 1914: Christmas Truce in the World War 1 trenches (Issue 5) The power of water (Issue 12) 1136: Welsh Castles (Issue 3) 1942-1945: Anne Frank (Issue 9) Animal heroes (Issue13) 1858-1920: Sir O.M.Edwards (Issue 15) 1948: Establishing the National Health Service (Issue 4) Welsh Health Boards (Issue 14) 1859: Royal Charter Disaster (Issue 8) 1960s: The Sixties' Revolution (Issue 2) Black history Wales (Issue 16) 1867-1934: Marie Curie (Issue 7) 1st of November: Gods of the old world (Issue 17) 1912: Reaching the South Pole (Issue 6) Christmas: Christmas Traditions (Issue 11)

7 BLACK HISTORY WALES SPORT THE OLYMPIC GAMES 2021 SPORTS With the Olympics postponed last year, we hope there will be an 2020 was not a good year for sports fans. Many opportunity for our Welsh athletes to compete in Japan this year. events had to be postponed or cancelled due to It is expected that the games will take place in Tokyo between July the pandemic, and of course it was not possible and September. There are many Welsh athletes to watch out for: to go and watch matches. Jade Hannah Aled Siôn Lauren Elinor Can we look forward to a better year? Jones Mills Davies Price Barker RUGBY The Six Nations Rugby Tournament will go ahead, with Wales facing Ireland on Welsh Parliament 7th February. Will Wayne Pivac, Wales Team GB Team GB Team GB Team GB Team Manager be able to turn his squad around and can we see Wales returning to their former championship Welsh Rugby Union Taekwondo Sailing Weight Boxing Cycling winning level of play this year? throwing Warren Gatland will also be heading for South Africa next summer, with the Lions squad - how many of the Welsh players will be included? Good luck to them all! YOU’RE A STAR! JESSICA FROM DEINIOLEN Our star for this issue is Jessica from Deiniolen, who is 10 years old. If you would like to be a STAR in future issues of Clic-it Cymru then get in touch by Email, [email protected] or send a message to Cynnal on Facebook/Twitter.

This is what Jessica had to say: Dathlu Dewrder, Tinoplis During the lockdown I started thinking about my great-grandmother who was on her own, I was worried about her because she had no one to talk to. I had the idea of writing letters to older people to make them feel better and so they had someone to talk to. I wrote 25 letters to start with and posted them through letterboxes of people who were old or lonely in our village. I had lots of answers back and I felt really glad to hear from people. I’m so glad I wrote the letters and that I made people happy. The

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